Clearly, neither Kathleen Ozsvath, MD, nor Sherene Shalhub, MD, listened when each was told, more than a decade apart, that “women can’t be surgeons.” Now they’re holding a breakfast session that encourages women to be not only surgeons, but leaders as well.

“Men and women have different approaches to leadership and style,” said Dr. Shalhub. Medicine was male-dominated and therefore the leadership style was as well, she said.

The SVS “Vascular Spectacular” gala, after months of planning, is nearly here. And everyone, no matter where they are in the world on Friday, June 14, may participate in the Online Raffle or Silent Auction, right until it closes. (One caveat: You’ll need to have an Internet connection.)

Bidding and buying online raffle tickets start at vam19gala.givesmart. com and end during the gala itself. The $20 raffle tickets could earn the buyer $500, $250 or $100 cash.

Clinical Practice Guidelines and Reporting Standards are important tools as the SVS strives to improve quality of care and reduce variation. They also serve as an important benefit for SVS members.

Rather than a separate session as at previous VAMs, the Program Committee and the Document Oversight Committee (DOC) have included presentations on guidelines and reporting standards in the scientific sessions. Each presentation has been slotted to align with abstracts being presented at that particular session.

ROSEMONT, Illinois, April 22, 2019 – Many patients meet a vascular surgeon for the first time when they need to have surgery. There’s no time for an anatomy lesson; it’s time to make a medical decision.

But quite a few of those patients might never have needed that surgery if they had known more about how the body’s amazing system of veins and arteries works and how to keep it healthy.

Here are a few basics that vascular specialists wish patients knew:

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ROSEMONT, Illinois, June 2019 – Four years ago, vascular experts from around the world had a quixotic quest: get all surgeons and providers to agree on the best ways to treat a common and debilitating illness: chronic limb-threatening ischemia. The goal has come to fruition with the publication of the new guidelines in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

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On behalf of the Leadership Development and Diversity Committee

This interview continues our series of conversations with national vascular surgery leaders based on topics from the Kouznes and Pozner book “The Truth About Leadership.” This column highlights the evidence-based behaviors regarding “Leadership is an Affair Of The Heart.”

SVS Foundation, SVN and SVU team up with AAAneurysm Outreach

The SVS Foundation, the Society for Vascular Nursing and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, have joined forces with AAAneurysm Outreach to sponsor a free screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms and peripheral arterial disease in June. W.L. Gore & Associates is also a sponsor and has provided funding for the event.

GW Medical Faculty Associates in Washington, D.C., will provide the screenings, set for 8 a.m. to noon at 2150 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

With an increasing number of procedures transitioning to office and outpatient settings, the Society for Vascular Surgery has created the new member Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC), specifically geared to clinicians who work in these environments.

The SOOVC is designed to increase awareness, education and representation of the movement to outpatient and office-based settings.